. >> with all of the record sales, all of the number one hits, the cma nominations, has come fame. and you call that, quote, a learning experience. what do you mean by that? >> you know, i haven't been famous all that long. it's something i'm still learning how to deal with. and you know, something that i, you know, learn from every day. >> and your family, too, i imagine. you recently had an incident where you did publicly apologize. it was a raucous night and stuff happened. >> it's an unfortunate thing. but i've kind of said, you know, what i had to say to everybody about it. and i really don't think there's anything really left to say about it. >> it's hard, though, when you're living in the public spotlight. you signed up for it. maybe your loved ones didn't. >> absolutely. and i think that's the thing. unfortunately, they are kind of along for the ride, too. you know, it's something we all kind of are learning to deal with. >> we're going to hear you sing after the break, "take a little ride." that almost didn't make it on to this album, i hear? >> it was almost on my last al